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Bureau of
Statistics INTRODUCTION Bureau of Statistics was setup in 1970 as an attached department of the Planning & Development Department with the objective of collection, compilation, tabulation and dissemination of statistical data on various socio-economic sectors of Sindh Province for the use of planners, policy makers and researchers. To collect data from field, Bureau setup a network of 41 Field offices at Division / District / Sub Division level throughout Sindh. After Devolution, all the Field Offices of Sindh Bureau of Statistics, have been placed under the Administrative control of respective District Government’s Executive District Officer (Finance & Planning).
Mr. Nazar Hussain Mahar is the Additional Chief Secretary (Development) and head of Planning and Development Department, Government of Sindh. Mr. Manzoor Ahmed Hashmi is Director, head of Sindh Bureau of Statistics
BRIEF FUNCTIONS OF BUREAU OF STATISTICS
ORGANIZATIONAL SETUP 1. HEAD OFFICE Bureau of Statistics is headed by Director (BPS-19) who is assisted by three Additional Directors (BPS-19) including one Additional Director (Data Processing). One Deputy Director (BPS-18) is the Incharge of respective section who is responsible to supervise the data collection activities of the section. Head office has the following 8 technical sections to carry out statistical activities and a Administration Section.
ORGANIZATIONAL SETUP (HEAD OFFICE) NAME OF SECTIONS
NETWORK OF FIELD OFFICES (PRIOR TO DEVOLUTION) The Bureau of Statistics had a network of following 41 field offices through- out Sindh for collection of statistical data from field and undertake various socio-economic surveys to feedback the Head office. Field offices No. Divisional Field offices 04 District Field offices 11 Sub-Divisional field offices 26 Total _____________ 41 PRE-DEVOLUTION ORGANOGRAM OF BUREAU OF STATISTICS
NETWORK OF FIELD OFFICES As a result of devolution and formation of district government, all the Bureau’s field staff working in 41 field offices have been posted in the offices of Executive District Officers (Finance & Planning) of respective district government against the position of District Officers (Planning), Deputy District Officer (Planning ), Deputy District Officer (Monitoring) and Deputy District Officer (Statistics to carryout the assignment/job at district level.
POST DEVOLUTION ORGANOGRAM OF BUREAU OF STATISTICS
ACHIEVEMENTS Since its setup Bureau of Statistics has been making efforts to develop sound statistical data base and ensure regular supply of information to the users. Bureau has released a number of publications and conducted various socio-economic surveys.
IMPORTANT PUBLICATIONS RELEASED DURING 1990 TO 2007
Sindh Regional Plan Organization Sindh Regional Plan Organisation (SRPO) as created as an autonomous body attached with the Planning and Development Department, Government of Sindh through an Act passed by the Provincial Assembly of Sindh in 1976. It emerged as a result of the preparatory assistance project PAK-OO4/74 initiated in 1975 in collaboration with UNDP for the formulation of the regional plans for Sindh. Under this project a team consisting of six senior officers drawn from various agencies was sent to Japan in January 1976 to participate in the Fifth Combined Course on Comprehensive Regional Development held at UNCRD, Nagoya, which took up Sindh Province as the case study. A four part (six-volume) comprehensive regional planning report was produced in July 1976. Subsequently, several surveys and investigation ns like the Household Income and Expenditure Survey and Agriculture Productivity Survey were carried out with the collaboration and assistance of Boston University under US-AID and Ford Foundation, respectively. Functions
Organizational Set up The structure of Sindh Regional Plan Organisation is designed in such a way as to encourage team-work as well as elicit maximum coordination between the SAP and all other agencies concerned with the development of the Province. With the Additional Chief Secretary (Dev.) as the Regional Plan Commissioner, it is headed by a Director General (BPS-20) and is composed of six centres, five technical and one administration. Apparently, this division smacks of strict compartmentalization but in practice the Organization is working on an inter-disciplinary and inter-centre basis. These centres, which are Economic Studies Centre, land- use and Settlements Centre, Human Resources Centre, Agriculture Centre and industries Centre, a re headed by Directors (BPS-19) who act as leaders of the groups of professionals in each Centre. The areas dealt with by these Centres are well-defined as the Economic Studies Centre conducts studies on macro and micro aspects of the economy of the Province: Land Use and Settlement Centre has confined itself to physical infrastructure, land use, human settlements, housing and public utilities; Human Resource Centre's areas of concentration are the issues relating to school and vocational education, health, nutrition, population planning and social welfare; Agriculture Centre's jurisdiction covers agriculture, livestock, fisheries, forest and irrigation and the sub-sectors, in the purview of Industries Centre are large- scale manufacturing, small scale manufacturing, handicrafts and cottage industries .The supportive administrative services such as establishment matters of the personnel, budget and accounts, foreign training, reproduction and printing, logistics and maintenance are provided by the Administration Section. The Organization has a Library well equipped with books and periodicals regarding Regional Planning and related disciplines. For drafting and mapping facilities, the Organization has a full-fledged Mapping Cell manned by qualified personnel functioning und3r the Director, Land Use and Settlement Centre, Taking all its centres into account. SRPO has a For drafting and mapping facilities, the organization has a full-fledged mapping cell manned by qualified personnel functioning under the Director, Land use and settlement Centre, Taking all its centres into account, SRPO has a research team of professionals consisting of five Directors (BPS-19), four Deputy Directors (BPS-18), five Assistant Directors (BPS-17) and nine Research Officers (BPS-17). The studies recently completed include;
Social Action Programme Section Organization SAP Section headed by the J.C.E./Provincial Coordinator (BPS-20) includes a Chief (BPS-19), an Assistant Chief (BPS-18), two Planning Officers (BPS-17) a Computer Programmer (BPS-17) and other office staff . Functions Social Action Programme envisages to address weaknesses in the basic Social Sectors to bring about drastic changes in the socio-economic conditions of the people through improvement in their service delivery. This programme was initiated by the government in 1992-93. SAP covers the following Sectors:
While sectors at (i) to (iii) are being dealt by the Provincial Government, Population Welfare is being looked after by the Federal Government, The major elements of the Social Action Programme are: - A decentralized structure, with clearly identified responsibilities for implementation of the programmes in each of the four social sectors. Performance based annual agreements with the donors, with detailed Operational Plans and measurable targets, to determine funding and monitoring which reach from front line Departments to the highest levels of the Government. A participatory Development Programme (PDP) to encourage community participation and experimentation through Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) and related Private Organizations. Agreement to provide adequate funds for salary and non - salary components for development and to ensure qualitative improvement in delivery of services. The SAP envisages the following key reforms: - Elementary Education
Primary Health
Rural Water Supply & Sanitation
National Drainage Programme, Sindh For proper coordination and supervision of the National (Drainage Programme in Sindh, a Provincial Coordination Cell has been established in Sindh from 01-01-1999. The Provincial Coordination Cell coordinates in the preparation of annual work plan, facilities in formulation of schemes including their detailed design and implementation. The Provincial Coordination Cell also compiles three year rolling/business plan with the assistance of design and supervision consultant. It also coordinates and supervises the selection, preparation, design, execution and operational aspects of the schemes, construction management, financial management and accounts. The main responsibilities of the provincial coordination Cell: -
The Provincial Coordination Cell is also required:
COASTAL DEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY BRIEF OF
COASTAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY The Coastal Development Authority (CDA) was created by the Provincial Assembly of Sindh through a Coastal Development Authority Act, 1994, and notified on November 29, 1994 (Sindh Act No. XXVIII of 1994). Objectives of CDA:-The objectives of CDA are to develop and improve the coastal areas of Districts of Thatta and Badin. Functions of CDA are: -
Right from its inception upto 2001, CDA was entrusted with only one ADP scheme namely “Establishment of Coconut and Oilpalm Plantation in Coastal Zone of Sindh”. Besides, it also undertook two Federal Government projects for execution as joint venture with PODB namely Oilpalm and Salicornia during 1997 to 2001. All these three projects were transferred to concerned departments namely Forest Department and PODB during June 2001 as the CDA was restructured and the role of CDA was confined only to identification, sponsoring, coordination, monitoring and evaluation of the CDA schemes in the coastal belt of Thatta and Badin Districts. Intensive efforts are in hand for revitalization, regeneration and revamping of CDA so that is mandate could be implemented effectively, properly and promptly. Thirteen (13) development schemes in diverse segments of economy were reflected in ADP –2003-04 under CDA Sector. The physical achievements under these schemes have been summarized and can be glanced on face sheet placed at Annexure “A”. Furthermore, it is pertinent here to enunciate that the Coastal Development Authority Sindh has been assigned three new schemes during current financial year 2004-05 in various sectors, which can be seen at Annexure “B”.The Coastal Development Authority Sindh (CDA) has identified some Mega projects possessing tremendous potential to be implemented in coastal belt of Thatta and Badin for which it is expected that these projects will bring economic health in coastal belt of Sindh. The Summary under the subject “Assistance from Federal Government in Mega Projects” has been submitted to Chief Minister Sindh for seeking his kind approval. The details of these Projects are placed at Annexure-C. The Coastal Development Authority has also drafted a ten (10) years perspective plan containing 32 projects with Rs. 5895 Million. These projects can be viewed at Annexure “D”. Recently i.e. on 8 th July 2004 , a meeting was held with Asian Development Bank Mission regarding development of Sindh coastal belt. The CDA proposed eight projects to be implemented in coastal belt of Sindh for the well being of coastal dwellers. The list of the projects and their write up /concept papers have been placed at Annexure “E”. The CDA has also evaluated the consumption of palm oil and coconut oil, the quantity imported per year, the production of oil per acre from the both crops and the revenue productively which can be visualized at Annexure “F”. Complete Document>> Coastal Development Authority (.pdf)
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